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How made.
To conform
to the stand-
ard of wine
measure.
Penalty for
altering
marks and
numbers.
Compensat'n
tor guaging.
Persons not
licensed act-
ing as gaug-
ers.
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
less than half an inch thick at the thinnest part, and
not more than three-quarters of an inch at the
thickest part, and to be tight, and secured with a
sufficient number of good hoops, if of iron, six, and
if of wood, not less than twelve, and at least not less
* twelve on all duble barrels and hogsheads; and if
any cask containing such liquor shall be found defi-
cient in any of these respects by said guager, he
shall direct it to be coopered or other casks substi-
tuted therefor, at the expense of the owner or seller;
and if any such cask shall be found to be fraudulently
made, the owner or seller thereof, or his agent, shall
forfeit the cask to the use of tire State.
SEC (\ 5 And he if enacted, That the said guagers, in
order to ascertain the capacity of casks, shall con-
form to the Baltimore standard of wine measure, and
if any cask or vessel guaged or marked by said
guager, shall in its capacity be found lacking or
exceeding one or more gallons in any barrel, or two
or more gallons in a cask of a larger size, the guager
shall forfeit and pay two dollars for each gallon so
lacking or exceeding the number of gallons marked
by him on the cask.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That [that] if any person
shall alter any mark or number marked or set down by
any guager, thereby to deceive and defraud the pur-
chaser of distilled spirits, wine, molasses, or other
liquid merchandise, so guaged and marked, or shall
put any false mark or number on said cask, or upon any
certificate intended to counterfeit the mark or num-
bers of the guager, he shall forfeit and pay twenty
dollars for every offence, one-half to the informer,.
and the other half to the use of the State.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That every guager so
licensed shall be entitled to demand and receive from.
the person at whose request he shall guage any
cask or casks, the following fees, to wit: for guaging-
casks not exceeding forty gallons, ten cents per cask,
for casks of larger size fifteen cents.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That any person not
being properly licensed who shall act as guager, or-
being so licensed, shall act as said guager outside
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